The biggest beer festival in Baltimore takes place Saturday, October 13, and features over 80 beers from 15 Maryland breweries, German food, live music and several fun contests, including a homebrew competition.

General admission is just $25, and includes a commemorative tasting stein, six drink tokens and noon-6 PM access to the fair. (Additional tokens are $1 each, cash only.) Get in an hour early with the VIP option at $39 per person (you’ll also get a special souvenir bottle opener).

In addition to sipping suds and noshing on sausages and schnitzel, you can sing classic German drinking songs with multiple oompah bands and try to win a title at one of the following important contests: Baltimore’s Best Beer Belly, Carry Your Wife, Miss Oktoberfest or the Heavy Seas Pretzel Necklace competition.

If you’re going for Miss Oktoberfest — or if you love lederhosen — know that you’ll score three extra drink tokens just for showing up in traditional German attire. There’s also a free shuttle from the light rail stop direct to the show entrance, so your clogs won’t weigh you down.

Tickets are available here.
 

Event Date: 10/13
Event Time: 11 AM (VIP), noon-6 PM
Location: Timonium Fairgrounds
Price: $25-39
Type: Beer,Food
Website: dasbestoktoberfest.com/maryland/show-info/